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2019-10-10 01:01
in Ntrips, Trips
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On the first day, I went to the powder tower for a guided walking tour of old town:
the trams are cheap, frequent, and go most places you need
jewish quarter
the controvertial TV tower
figurines that rotate on the outside of the astronomical clock
underground the old city tower
After the first tour, I went to the 2nd city tour towards new town and the castle:
stores sell all kinds of things :)
castle gate
the town also has a good subway
The 2nd day, I got up pretty late due to partying and went to the transportation museum, which isn't a don't miss, but interesting nonetheless:
And not too far away is the local science museum: Narodni Technicke Museum (on its own page):
After the 2 museums, I went to a viewing tower by Charle's bridge for sunset pictures:
Day #3, as soon as I managed to get up after the previous night's partying, I went to the Military Aviation Museum (on its own page)
Wen I got back, I had enough time to go to the Museum of Communism which describes how communism was not a net win for the country:
Next in the museums that close late, I went to the Prague Apple Museum, which may have the best collection of Apple hardware outside of California, where there isn't a public museum:
Last for that evening, was the sex machines museum, which had a decent collection:
Day #4, I went to Prague Castle, bright and early when it opened, and ended up spending 5H+ by doing all its museums (3 different tickets, which is a big confusing):
one of the tickets was to be able to take pictures, but for $2, that was fine enough for me
Nice view from the top of the church:
new church, close to the castle
The castle also had nice gardens:
After the castle, I did a quick visit to the local Google Office
From there, I did a quick visit of Petrin Tower, a bit rushed but better than nothing. Nice views from the top of course:
After the invisible museum I went to visit on a guided tour in english, which you visit in complete darkness with a blind guide, I went to a couple of optical illusion museums:
As well as the lego museum:
nice to see the car my dad bought when we were kids
For the 5th day, I got up as early as I could and went to Kutna Hora and Sedlec Ossuary, a bit over 1h away. Because there are only so many direct trains, I ended up taking a taxi there, which wasn't horribly expensive. Click on the link for page on that town, but here is a picture of Sedlec Ossuary:
Got back to the main train station and finished the science museum I wasn't able to finish on my first visit, and went to spend a bit mor time in town:
On my last day, before going to the airport, I quickly climbed the new town hall for another view of the city and then went back to the powder tower I hadn't climbed yet for my last views of town before going to the airport:
And that was it for Prague. Great city, got to see most of it, although not all since I was getting up past noon due to the night parties. would be fun to go back. |
